Back in October, the FISE gathered a crew of international bladers in China for the third stop of their world series.
Among the pros that traveled to Chengdu was the younger up-and-comer from Switzerland, Maxime Genoud. The Rollerblade team rider qualified through previous FISE events and took the opportunity to see China for himself. A promising photography student, Maxime is indeed working on several series of pictures retracing his trips around the globe, and this seemed like the perfect occasion to add a new chapter to the book he is currently working on.
Along with his friend Geoffroy Dubreuil, Maxime gathered some incredible pictures, and we asked him to share some of his Chinese experience with our readers for this new episode of our Tour Life feature.
“I left Switzerland on Sunday, October 19th with my friend Geoffroy Dubreuil for a 7-day trip in China. My goal during this trip was to produce 50 books for my final exam in my photography school in Vevey (CEPV). So I left my place with 6 cameras, my skates, a few clothes, and lots of film rolls.”
"We arrived in China with pretty bad news… Our suitcases were stuck in London. Luckily most of my cameras were in my hand luggage, but we were in China for a blading trip with no skates. So we decided to go visit Mount Emei, for a 2-day trip to these famous holy mountains.”
“After a 13-hour flight and 2 days of walking in the same clothes, we were happy to find our suitcase when we returned to the hotel. During the few days that followed we visited the city by skates and met AJ, an American blader who actually lives in Chengdu. He took us to some great street spots.”
“Eventually, it was time for the contest, and this was a great experience. I already attended a couple of FISE events but this one was my favorite for sure. The Chinese crowd was really enthusiastic, and it was amazing to be part of this show.”
“Of course, going to the FISE means going to some crazy parties as well, and of course, we didn’t forget about that!”
“After 7 days in China, it was time for us to go back home. It was a wonderful trip. Thanks a lot to all the people we have met over there!
Geoffroy is working on a video project about our trip and he also took some pictures that are mixed with mine on his Tumblr.
This review is just a part of my work about my travel to China. I’m actually working on these books which I hope to be able to show you in 2 months.”
“You can check out more info about my works in general on my website and on my Tumblr which is about the other travels I made (the text is in French, sorry).”